Foot-guard for railway-frogs



(No Model.)

0. PARTINGTON. FOOT GUARD FOR RAILWAY FROGS.

No. 598,486. Patented Feb. 1, 1898.

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CHARLES PARTINGTON, OF NEWPORT, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR TO THE I WEIR FROGCOMPANY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

FOOT-G UARD FOR RAlLWAY-FROGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 598,486, dated.February 1, 1898.

Application filed October 16, 1897- Serial'No. 655,489. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

I Beit known that I, CHARLES PARTINGTON, residing atNewport, in thecounty of Campbell and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Foot- Guards for Railway-Frogs, of which. thefollowing is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a foot-guard for railway frogs,switches, crossings, and guard-rails, consisting of brackets and bars,the brackets being so constructed that. they can be used for frogs ofany size or angle.

The features of myinvention are more fully set forth in the descriptionof the'aocompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, inwhich Figure 1 is a top plan View of a railway-frog with my safety-guardapplied thereto. Fig. 2 is a section on line as at, Fig. 1.

A B represent the point-rails.

O D represent the wing and guard rails.

E represents a bracket provided with a knee at each end, one of which,a, is bolted to the web of the rail bya clamping-bolt c. To sustain theguard-bar, two of these brackets are required, as shown in Fig. 1, andthey are in the forward point of the frog, andthe single V- shapedopenings in the rear end of the frog are each protected by a guard-barsupported on said brackets. A very important advantage is obtained bythis method of so protecting and bridging the V- shaped openings ofrailway-frogs so as to prevent the foot from being caught therein.

The brackets E can all be made of the same size and shape, and they Willsuit any frog, I

the only change required to fit the guards to different frogs being inthe length of the safety-bar, and as they can be made of common bar-ironthey may be readily cut into the desired lengths and punched to receivethe bolts.

It will readily be seen that this device is cheap and easily applied andprovides an effectual guard against the foot being caught in the frog.

Having describedrny invention, I claim A foot-guard forrailway-crossings consisting of knee-brackets bolted to the rail, a suitable distance apart, and a bridge-bar bolted to the other ends of saidbrackets, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

CHARLES PARTINGTON.

Witnesses:

W. R. W001), OLIVER B. KAISER.

